15.4% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Tweed · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Tweed
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very little has changed in the makeup of Tweed since 2011, with only 15.4% of people born overseas. This is far below the national figure, making it a community where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 44.0%, followed by Australian (36.8%) and Irish (13.9%). Other notable groups include Scottish and German ancestors.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While the proportion of overseas-born residents is higher than in most similar areas, it remains far below the New South Wales figure. Most people here were born in Australia (77.7%), with the next most common birthplaces being England and New Zealand.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Tweed [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17550/tweed/topic/ancestry-heritage